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Spanish-American War
Term | Definition |
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Monroe Doctrine | warned Europeans not to build any new colonies in the Americas (Latin America and the Caribbean) |
Annexed | took control of |
War of 1898 | (the Spanish-American War) Spain vs Cuban Rebels + the U.S. |
Yellow Journalism | journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates news to create sensations and attract readers |
USS Maine | a battleship sent to protect Americans in Cuba which exploded |
Isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two bigger landmasses |
Panama Canal | built by President Theodore Roosevelt to make a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
Roosevelt Corollary | declared the U.S. as an international police power |
Great White Fleet | U.S. Navy sent on a world tour |